Evelyn Berezin
Evelyn Berezin designed the computer as the only woman in her office in 1951. She founded the Redactron Corporation, starting in Long Island, the first company dedicated to manufacturing and selling her computerized typewriters. She called this machine the “Data Secretary.”
Katherine Burr Blodgett
Katherine Burr Blodgett, a physicist, and chemist patented her “invisible” also known as non-reflective glass, in 1938. This is now known as retail display glass or the glass between you and the fish you view at the aquarium.
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner came from a family of inventors. She individually holds five patents, which is still one of the largest numbers of patents of any African American woman. She invented the sanitary belt in the 1920s but couldn’t afford a patent at that time. In 1957 Sonn-Nap-Pack Company saw the importance of her product and contacted her to market it, but
declined the offer after realizing she was black. She later invented a carrier attachment for walkers and wheelchairs, the toilet paper holder, and a mounted back washer and massager.
Original post by Carmen Borca-Carrillo/Smithsonian Magazine
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